Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-02-23 (Sunday)

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

I watched:

Have you changed your mind on Elmore Leonard? Or what that Ian
desparaging his novels and short stories?

Jackie Brown (4K disc) 1997 movie written and directed by Quentin
Tarantino based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.  Pam Grier stars as a
flight attendant who works for a gun runner (Samuel L. Jackson) helping
to get his money through customs.  Michael Keaton plays a DEA agent who
busts her with Jackson's cash prompting Jackson to hire a bail bondsman
(Robert Forster) to bail her out so he can keep an eye on her.  From
there things get interesting.  The movie holds up great.

Out of Sight (4K disc) 1998 movie directed Steven Soderbergh based on a
novel by Elmore Leonard.  George Clooney stars as a bank robber who
breaks out of prison and Jennifer Lopez plays the federal marshal who
falls in love with him while trying to track him down.  Michael Keaton
also makes an appearance reprising his role from "Jackie Brown."  I was
surprised to see Samuel L. Jackson show up in a cameo at the end.  He
plays a different character from "Jackie Brown" and you don't get a
clear look at his face, but it's him.

You should revisit Karen Sisco and Maximum Bob tv series.